My public speaking debut

A church in the area called Projecta Nova Vida has been planning a special event for a few months now. It's called "English around the World" and they wanted to create an American coffeehouse atmosphere while promoting English learning. They partnered up with Yes, my school, and asked if there was a teacher who would be willing to speak at the event. Bruno asked me and I agreed.

So, last saturday, after the cultural fair, Kelly, Lance, Alex, Aline and me rushed off to Extra (the Wal-Mart of Brasil) to do some quick shopping before I had to get ready to leave for my big public speaking debut. Unfortunatly I think the five of us bought a little too much for Alex's car and we were pretty squished in there...especially Aline.

By the time we got back I hardly had a minute to eat something before Bruno was there to pick me up and take me to Projecta Nova Vida.

The room was set up nicely with picnic tables. The evening began with a live band playing some accustic Christian music. Then I went up for my talk. Bruno translate. I basically gave my story, who I am, what I do, why I am here and why it is important to learn English. After that they played some trivial games and Yes gave out scholorships as prizes. Then Kelly and Lance showed up and the three of us went on stage for a question and answer session. They wanted to know about our church, but also the cultural differences that we have experienced since we have been here. That seems to be a very common question.
After the questions and answers they had the Lifehouse skit and then we had hot chocolate, cheese bread, sandwiches and all sorts of good snack. We also met some really great people who we hope to keep in touch with.